Kevin Durant

Well, where do we start today? Some of the Golden State Warriors, including Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, didn't particularly want to go to the White House to be honored as NBA champions due to their disapproval of President Donald Trump's administration and policies, and they have been vocal about it. Well, nyah, nyah, nyah, you can't come anyways, Trump fired back on Twitter: "Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!" First of all, there was no formal invitation. Curry wasn't actually hesitating; he didn't want to go and the Warriors were going to have...

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Well, where do we start today? Some of the Golden State Warriors, including Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, didn't particularly want to go to the White House to be honored as NBA champions due to their disapproval of President Donald...

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He advances to his seventh consecutive NBA Finals.
Only Bill Russell and a select number of his Celtics teammates from a half century ago have done better.
LeBron James has scored 2,995 career playoff points now.
And nobody has done better.
This is...

Kevin Durant does not need to be told that Golden State should have a muted celebration after winning the Western Conference finals. Durant is fully aware a tough challenge waits for them. It's why Durant signed with the Warriors and why Stephen Curry,...

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